missionary in the colonies of the New World. He sailed into Cartagena (modern day Columbia), a rich port city washed by the Caribbean. He was ordained there in 1615. By...
St. Peter Claver
Our Lady of Lourdes
...in the foothills of the Pyrenee mountains of southern France. Her attention was drawn to the noise of rustling bushes near the Grotto of Massabielle, from the French vieille masse...
St. Maria Goretti
...south of Rome) in hopes of escaping the grinding poverty that was gripping the area. Just three years later, when Maria was nine, her father died tragically. It fell to...
The Books of Kings
...1 and 2 Books of Chronicles are actually one book. It was simply called "Kings." However, it was divided into two books by the translators of the Septuagint (the Greek...